BOCONGO on the land question: No quick fix
Friday, May 03, 2013

We must from the onset make it clear that we are not against the system per se. We do, however harbour views that if done in isolation and without comprehensive dialogue it might break the seams of our peace and tolerance as contained in our Vision 2016.
We would like to congratulate our members of parliament; in particular, the sponsors of the land related motions, Dumelang Saleshando and Odirile Motlhale for rekindling the land debate. We would also take this opportunity to recognise civil society as led by the youth petitioners that has also added another dimension to the issue. We do also acknowledge the importance of the President's response, right or wrong. We believe and trust that he was just being responsive and would now listen to other views such as one contained in-here.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...